In this article BOOT FISV CMG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of Chipotle is seen on one of its restaurants in Manhattan, New York City. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Tech giants’ earnings results, as well as those of other large names, are influencing the stock market. However, a hit or a miss
Solstock | E+ | Getty Images Halloween trick-or-treaters and jack-o-lanterns can be downright scary — for your homeowners insurance policy. There is a 14% jump in homeowners insurance claims on Halloween compared to other days of the year, according to Travelers Insurance. Theft on premises claims jump 46%. Trips or falls, thefts, fire and pet-related accidents
Renderings of plans for a new development at the Bahia Mar marina in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Courtesy: ArX Creative A team of developers including Related Group is launching a $2 billion development at the largest marina in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, aiming to create a “mini Monaco,” according to executives. The new development at the Bahia
Signed contracts to buy existing homes in September jumped a surprising 7.4% compared with August, according to the National Association of Realtors. Analysts had been expecting about a 1% gain. These so-called “pending” sales were at the highest level since March and 2.6% higher than September of last year. Since pending sales are based on
A “For Sale” sign in front of a home in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates rose last week for the fourth time in five weeks, causing another pullback in refinancing. Total mortgage application volume was essentially flat, falling 0.1% compared with the previous
Residential buildings under construction at China Vanke Co.’s Isle Maison development in Hefei, China, on Nov. 27, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images China’s struggling real estate sector may not start turning around until the second half of next year — even with the latest stimulus measures, three research firms predicted this month. After
Stanley Black & Decker stock plunged Tuesday on the company’s quarterly earnings release — a move Jim Cramer said investors should capitalize on. Shares of the toolmaker shed nearly 12% Tuesday after third-quarter revenues and its implied fourth-quarter guidance came in lighter than Wall Street expected. Still, Jim described the decline as unwarranted. “I would
Nazar_ab | E+ | Getty Images For most people, buying a home will be the biggest financial transaction they will make. It’s also generally considered a path to build wealth and increase your net worth, financial experts say. In the second quarter of 2024, U.S. homeowners with mortgages had a net homeowner equity of over
In this article HOOD NDAQ ICE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The New York Stock Exchange is seen during morning trading on October 04, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images The New York Stock Exchange, owned by Intercontinental Exchange, wants to do trading 22 hours
In this article HLT CCL RCL NCLH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Royal Caribbean’s “Icon of the Seas,” billed as the world’s largest cruise ship, sails from the Port of Miami in Miami, Florida, on its maiden cruise, on Jan. 27, 2024. Marco Bello | Afp | Getty Images The demand for cruises is
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said that while progress on lowering inflation had resumed in recent months, officials aren’t yet ready to declare their mission accomplished. “We have made good progress, but inflation is still running above the FOMC’s 2% objective,” Hammack said Thursday, referring to the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee.
Municipals improved Friday after a volatile week for the asset class, ignoring losses in U.S. Treasuries, while equities closed the week mixed. Investors will see higher yields and ratios along with a nearly $11 billion new-issue slate for the final week of the month and the last ahead of the election. Triple-A yields fell three
Many factors make it hard to buy a home today, but the one that makes “the biggest difference” in today’s market is the housing shortage, Property Brother Drew Scott said at CNBC’s Your Money event on Thursday. “I don’t think people realize this shortage of housing that we have affects everything,” added his brother Jonathan
Record bond volume, a focus on climate, more floating-rate debt and broader integration of municipals into fixed-income markets is on the horizon for the public finance industry. Those are among the factors that will lead to market growth in 2025 and beyond, panelists at this week’s Bond Buyer California Public Finance conference said. The increase
There are many technical indicators for traders to choose from. For Carter Worth, there’s one that stands out above all others: volume. “A lot of charters don’t look at volume. They say it’s all in the price action. … but volume is the essential criteria,” Worth, the founder of Worth Charting with more than three
Shreveport, Louisiana, was downgraded by Moody’s Ratings.Adobe Stock Shreveport, Louisiana, was downgraded to Baa2 from Baa1 Wednesday by Moody’s Ratings. The agency maintains a negative outlook on the rating. The downgrade of Shreveport’s issuer, general obligation and senior revenue ratings will affect $2.1 billion in debt when the city completes the anticipated $88 million Series
State and local governments in the West, Southwest and Southeast are leading the pack in economic growth as some analysts are seeing good times for the municipal bond market. “We’ve had $40 billion monthly in new issue calendars for the last seven months in 2024,” said Tom Schuette, senior vice president and investment grade credit
In this article XRP.CM= BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 4, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse has been skeptical of crypto regulation in the U.S., but he is feeling highly
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT [The stream is slated to start at 2:55 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse will speak at DC Fintech Week in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday afternoon. Ripple, the largest
Bond traders are at it again, pushing Treasury yields higher and signaling the Federal Reserve was too heavy-handed when it cut interest rates by a half-percentage point last month. The recently rising yields have put pressure on the stock market — and specifically, names in our portfolio tied to housing. The 10-year Treasury yield —